Overrated Cowboy Players

[ZeroClub]

There aren't many players I'd put on the overrated list. Duane Thomas, maybe.

 

[riggo]

That's NOT how the Cowboys (and many other teams) play Cover 4. In the Cowboys' Cover 4, the safeties' primary responsibility is man-to-man coverage on the inside receiver if he runs a vertical route. The cornerbacks play man-to-man on the outside receivers. If the inside receiver does not run a vertical route, the safety can then help on the outside receiver.

On the first play, Roy's man (Cooley) ran a vertical route (a post), so Roy had NO coverage responsibility on Moss. He reacted to the ball being thrown and almost made the play anyway, but that was in no way, shape or form his responsibility. On Moss' second TD, Roy's man (Cooley) started to run a vertical route but cut it to a deep out. Even though Roy diagnosed the play early, by the time Cooley started to make his cut, it was too late for Roy to cover Moss. In that scheme against that play, the only way Roy could have been responsible for that touchdown is if he had ignored his primary responsibility on the play. That's why when Parcells was asked point-blank if Roy was responsible for Moss' TD catches, he said no, those really weren't his plays.

maybe skins and cowboys fans can agree that leaving moss in one on one coverage with a big, late lead was a bad idea?

 

[TunaoftheLand]

Roy Williams is overrated.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Roy Williams is overrated.

LOL......

I agree. In fact, to this day, I still have no idea why Detroit took him to begin with.

:laugh2:

 

[big dog cowboy]

Roy Williams is overrated.

I knew we would rue the day we drafted him.

 

[Derinyar]

I think its sorta interesting to look at Quincy. I think he maybe the most overrated by some and underrated by others. I don't think he was a good QB, or even an average one.

I think what leads to this is that the pro Quincy crowd has always been so ignorantly positive in their views of Quincy that they have driven the rest of us so crazy that even though he was bad but not horrible has caused us to rate him as even worse than we really thought he was.

This is not an attempt to defend Quincy in any way. I still think we got to the playoffs that year with a lot of smoke and mirrors on both offense and defense and we quite likely shouldn't have gotten there. I think Quincy's talent is overrated by a lot, if his talent was as great as some claim we wouldn't have cut him when we did.

 

[dboyz]

maybe skins and cowboys fans can agree that leaving moss in one on one coverage with a big, late lead was a bad idea?

I can certainly agree with that. If we're in that position again, we better have Newman on Moss with a safety over the top.

 

[Established1971]

Considering the majority of us in here are die hard fans, it's pretty difficult to call one of our boys overrated. So I'm making this thread to see what players that get constant praise, but in your eyes are average at best.

For example, I've been saying for years that Keyshawn Johnson is a terribly overrated player. Everyone rants and raves about his blocking, but his lack of speed outweighed his 'great' downfield blocking. Key was never a threat outside of the redzone, and talks to the media like he's putting up T.O. or Moss numbers.

Honorable Mention: Larry Allen

So who do you guys think, past or present, is an overrated Cowboy?

funny I thought Flozell was until last year showed me wrong, I mean as far as won-loss with him, then won-loss without him